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Pagano (1986) Prevalence of cigarette smoking among subsequent cohorts of males and females in Italy, Preventive Medicine, 15: 606-13
Since then, the practice has steadily expanded: photography, sculpture, film and installation, with exhibitions at LACMA, the Getty and the Aperture Foundation
That is one hell of a record for spotting talent, and on a mere casting level alone, 200 Cigarettes is a goddamned triumph: the film brings together (drumroll please) Dave Chappelle, Courtney Love, Elvis Costello, Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Martha Plimpton, Paul Rudd, Janeane Garofalo, Christina Ricci, Jay Mohr, Kate Hudson, Gaby Hoffman, David Johansen and Caleb Carr in one stunningly inconsequential wisp of a movie